Ged Nash
| Senator Gerald Nash | |
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| Minister of State for Business and Employment | |
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In office 14 July 2014 – 6 May 2016 | |
| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Pat Breen |
| Senator | |
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Assumed office 27 April 2016 | |
| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Louth |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Gerald Henry Nash 7 December 1975 Drogheda, Louth, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website |
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Gerald Henry Nash (born 7 December 1975) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since April 2016. He previously served as Minister of State for Business and Employment from 2014 to 2016. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency from 2011 to 2016.[1]
Nash is currently the Labour Party Spokesperson on Equality, and Labour Affairs and Workers Rights.
Nash was a member of Louth County Council for the Drogheda area from 2000 to 2011, and a member of Drogheda Town Council from 1999 to 2011.[2] He served as mayor of Drogheda from 2004 to 2005.[3] He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency at the 2011 general election.[4]
Minister of State
In July 2014, he was appointed as Minister of State for Business and Employment with responsibility for small and medium business, collective bargaining and low pay commission at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.[5] He was also made a Super Junior Minister, which meant he attended cabinet meetings but did not have a vote.
While Minister, Nash commissioned the first major independent study of zero and low hour contracts in the Irish labour market. The research was carried out by the University of Limerick and published in November 2015.[6] At the time Nash, himself a former National Secretary of Labour Youth,[7] praised the "vocal campaign" run by his party's youth wing on the issue of zero hour contracts.[8]
He lost his seat at the 2016 general election.[2]
Seanad Éireann
In April 2016 Nash was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel. Party Leader Brendan Howlin subsequently appointed him as Labour Party Spokesperson on Equality, and Labour Affairs and Workers Rights.
References
- ↑ "Labour TD Gerald Nash recalls being bullied after diagnosis of Crohn’s disease". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- 1 2 "Gerald Nash". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ↑ "Gerald Nash". Labour Party. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ↑ "Mr. Gerald Nash". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ↑ "No changes for Noonan and Howlin in reshuffle". RTÉ News. 11 July 2014.
- ↑ https://www.djei.ie/en/News-And-Events/Department-News/2015/November/03112015a.html
- ↑ https://www.labour.ie/geraldnash/biography/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/GedNash/photos/a.130545783690808.33565.128897183855668/944169472328431/
External links
| Oireachtas | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Dermot Ahern Séamus Kirk Arthur Morgan Fergus O'Dowd |
Teachta Dála for Louth 2011–2016 With: Gerry Adams Peter Fitzpatrick Séamus Kirk Fergus O'Dowd |
Succeeded by Gerry Adams Declan Breathnach Peter Fitzpatrick Imelda Munster Fergus O'Dowd |
| Political offices | ||
| New office | Minister of State for Business and Employment 2014–2016 |
Succeeded by ? |